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he writes, mitt romney is a rich man, is mitt romney's character formed by his wealth? is romney a spoiled character? has he been corrupted by ease and luxury? his column answers that. i will ask you from your reporting to answer that question. >> right. susan, i read that column before going on the air and liked it not just because he mentioned our book, but because he really understood the point we were trying to make. there is a chapter in the book, i think is interesting because i got to do some research on the romney family history. and this goes back four generations, you might ask, why is this biography of mitt romney going back that far in history? it's a really intriguing compelling tale about the history of mormonism is the history of the romney family and part of mexico. it is basically to summarize briefly, mitt's great, great grandfather came from liverpool, england and settled in illinois, the heart of mormonism in this country and the mormons were kicked out, this ancestor stayed behind to finish the temple, had to flee and the family went to the state of
he writes, mitt romney is a rich man, is mitt romney's character formed by his wealth? is romney a spoiled character? has he been corrupted by ease and luxury? his column answers that. i will ask you from your reporting to answer that question. >> right. susan, i read that column before going on the air and liked it not just because he mentioned our book, but because he really understood the point we were trying to make. there is a chapter in the book, i think is interesting because i got...
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romney. and i think they did it very fine job at it. i think it's part what romney campaign is trying to reposition itself and trying to move forward on. >> the obama campaign did a masterful job too before we go there. >> a lot more money. >> i think -- [inaudible] what percentage do you think of the cross odes and gps ads the federal, the nonpresidential. you think will be comparative? have some element of positive to it? >> well, glsh did or do at a date. that's an excellent question. because we can't -- because outside groups can't coordinate. i think it's interest farring class like this. outside groups can't coordinate with candidates and party committee for television ads it means the candidate can't star in the ads. right. we could go mitt romney event and film romney footage. would we getting the same things the news crew get. we can't shoot an ad of romney talks to the call are a why he'll be the best president. what it does is the anticoordination laws they almost make all the outs
romney. and i think they did it very fine job at it. i think it's part what romney campaign is trying to reposition itself and trying to move forward on. >> the obama campaign did a masterful job too before we go there. >> a lot more money. >> i think -- [inaudible] what percentage do you think of the cross odes and gps ads the federal, the nonpresidential. you think will be comparative? have some element of positive to it? >> well, glsh did or do at a date. that's an...
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a george romney. yeah. again. yeah. so, i mean, i think that part of the reason he didn't identify strongly as a republican, you know earlier in his adult life is because his father was sort of, you know, chased out of the party. not not totally, but george romney was a liberal republican in sort of the last days of the liberal republican wing existing right. he was a big advocate for civil rights in the 1960s. he marched with civil rights activists as governor of michigan. when he ran for president, he refused to condemn the race. rioters in detroit, even though, you know, a lot of his white constituents wanted him to and instead gave a televised address saying that we need to look at the root causes of this unrest and the inequality that that black americans are suffering from. and so mitt grew up watching his dad represent this this strand of republicanism and then gradually become more and more isolated in his party as barry goldwater won the nomination and conservatives took over the party and his own you know, his
a george romney. yeah. again. yeah. so, i mean, i think that part of the reason he didn't identify strongly as a republican, you know earlier in his adult life is because his father was sort of, you know, chased out of the party. not not totally, but george romney was a liberal republican in sort of the last days of the liberal republican wing existing right. he was a big advocate for civil rights in the 1960s. he marched with civil rights activists as governor of michigan. when he ran for...
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>> i will start with the romney's. just like mitt romney wanted to do everything his dad did his son tag want to do everything that his dad met did. all five of his boys went to byu because he and his mom went to byu. tag lived in the same apartment that they stated when they were at byu. he got the same degrees. he works in the same business as venture capitalist. he wants to follow him into politics. the hard part is that running as a romney massachusetts is a rough go right now. his dad won the governorship but wasn't popular at the end. the presidential race didn't help that in that state so tagg doesn't really have a great place to run yet. in utah there is josh romney one of his other sons who wants to be involved in politics and right now josh romney runs his own real estate company buddies getting involved in issues like the homeless shelter in salt lake city. he backed the congressional candidates who won the state. he's often talked about as a candidate. the problem is the romney family as an ethos that you h
>> i will start with the romney's. just like mitt romney wanted to do everything his dad did his son tag want to do everything that his dad met did. all five of his boys went to byu because he and his mom went to byu. tag lived in the same apartment that they stated when they were at byu. he got the same degrees. he works in the same business as venture capitalist. he wants to follow him into politics. the hard part is that running as a romney massachusetts is a rough go right now. his...
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as leonore romney's 1970 campaign it was a painful time for peterson while she thought leonore romney had many gifts she felt mrs. romney's campaign was doomed from the start and tried to convince her not to run. she felt mrs. romney is running only because male politicians including her husband wanted her to make the race and that would become abundantly clear is the as the campaign went on. i think she did not want her friend to feel is degraded she had during her sacrificial lamb campaign six years before. once leonore romney was committed peterson tried to be supportive, taking time off from her job in washington to campaign for her. on election night peterson phoned, she sent yellow roses and wrote another note later on. leonore was responding with gratitude. it helps know there to know there are others who give their all because some things mean so terribly much. the political highs and lows of peterson and shared with the romney's made their political separation a decade later all the more painful. the romney's have become local opponents of equal rights amendment and argued ra
as leonore romney's 1970 campaign it was a painful time for peterson while she thought leonore romney had many gifts she felt mrs. romney's campaign was doomed from the start and tried to convince her not to run. she felt mrs. romney is running only because male politicians including her husband wanted her to make the race and that would become abundantly clear is the as the campaign went on. i think she did not want her friend to feel is degraded she had during her sacrificial lamb campaign...
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explored mitt romney's background. but i've seen virtually no mention of the fact his mother also sought statewide office, running against phil hart for the u.s. senate sheet from michigan six years after elly peterson did. having had two parents who ran for statewide office is a distinction that i believe candidate mitt romney and his brother scott may share only with the carnahans of missouri. george romney first came on the political scene after elly peterson had gone to work for the michigan republican party. she recalled that she first met him during the michigan constitutional convention that marked its 50th anniversary this year. peterson got to know lenore romney when the two of them began making appearances in small towns around the state speaking in the support of the constitutional revisions. when george romney ran for governor, peterson was assigned the job of managing lenore romney's appearances. she wrote in her memoir that she did not accept the assignment, quote, with a great deal of joy, and that she t
explored mitt romney's background. but i've seen virtually no mention of the fact his mother also sought statewide office, running against phil hart for the u.s. senate sheet from michigan six years after elly peterson did. having had two parents who ran for statewide office is a distinction that i believe candidate mitt romney and his brother scott may share only with the carnahans of missouri. george romney first came on the political scene after elly peterson had gone to work for the...
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romney for some time now. before he was a pariah in the party when he was a candidate to the characteristics you thought you wanted to explore. >> i have covered him for more than 10 years before he approached him about writing this book. and as a presidential candidate he was not that interesting. [laughter] high covered his campaign. i covered hundreds of events. he gave the same stump speech word for word four times a day every day for a year. i got to the point i was having dreams about it. i could recite everyry word. he was very cautious, very confident, very disciplined that is what his public persona was. and i remember early in that campaign in 2012 talking to another reporter about how it's really difficult to cover mitt romney in an interesting way. the reporter said i don't think that is my theory he does not have a lot going on beneath the surface. i didn't know i said maybe that's true. internally than he let on. but i think what was so interesting about getting to do this book was that he really
romney for some time now. before he was a pariah in the party when he was a candidate to the characteristics you thought you wanted to explore. >> i have covered him for more than 10 years before he approached him about writing this book. and as a presidential candidate he was not that interesting. [laughter] high covered his campaign. i covered hundreds of events. he gave the same stump speech word for word four times a day every day for a year. i got to the point i was having dreams...
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a george romney. yeah. again. yeah. so, i mean, i think that part of the reason he didn't identify strongly as a republican, you know earlier in his adult life is because his father was sort of, you know, chased out of the party. not not totally, but george romney was a liberal republican in sort of the last days of the liberal republican wing existing right. he was a big advocate for civil rights in the 1960s. he marched with civil rights activists as governor of michigan. when he ran for president, he refused to condemn the race. rioters in detroit, even though, you know, a lot of his white constituents wanted him to and instead gave a televised address saying that we need to look at the root causes of this unrest and the inequality that that black americans are suffering from. and so mitt grew up watching his dad represent this this strand of republicanism and then gradually become more and more isolated in his party as barry goldwater won the nomination and conservatives took over the party and his own you know, his
a george romney. yeah. again. yeah. so, i mean, i think that part of the reason he didn't identify strongly as a republican, you know earlier in his adult life is because his father was sort of, you know, chased out of the party. not not totally, but george romney was a liberal republican in sort of the last days of the liberal republican wing existing right. he was a big advocate for civil rights in the 1960s. he marched with civil rights activists as governor of michigan. when he ran for...
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romney: no. i believe as the president indicated and said at the time that i supported his action there. i felt that i wish we'd have had a better vision of the future. i wish that looking back at the beginning of the president's term and even further back than that that we'd have recognized that there was a growing energy and passion for freedom in that part of the world and that we would have worked more aggressively with our friend and with other friends in the region to have them make the transition towards a more representative form of government such that it didn't explode in the way it did. but once it exploded, i felt the same that the president did which is these freedom voices in the streets of egypt were the people who were speaking of our principles and president mubarak had done things which were unimaginable. and the idea of him crushing his people was not something that we could possibly support. let me step back and talk about what i think our mission has to be in the middle east
romney: no. i believe as the president indicated and said at the time that i supported his action there. i felt that i wish we'd have had a better vision of the future. i wish that looking back at the beginning of the president's term and even further back than that that we'd have recognized that there was a growing energy and passion for freedom in that part of the world and that we would have worked more aggressively with our friend and with other friends in the region to have them make the...
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$5 for romney. i knead easy. there's a button. if you hit the act right button. 100% of your money goes to george allen or josh mandel or deny reberg in minnesota. -- montana. they're great candidates. >> i love your show. listen to to your show. >> i'm going buy your book. >> thank you. ! i'm going read while i'm supporting my alumni usc to januaries. >> sorry. >> several weeks ago monica said there was no love loss between president clinton and president obama. it came out that the democratic national convention was going to have president clinton has a prime time speaker. is president clinton going to come to the rescue or try? >> i do think one of the things i would not rule out is secretary of state clinton become vice presidential nominee clinton. i don't see how a desperate obama. it would be better than biden. i think bill clinton will work his heart out for president obama, travel much and will mrs. clinton the extent she can even if she's not play the vice presidential nominee. she's going
$5 for romney. i knead easy. there's a button. if you hit the act right button. 100% of your money goes to george allen or josh mandel or deny reberg in minnesota. -- montana. they're great candidates. >> i love your show. listen to to your show. >> i'm going buy your book. >> thank you. ! i'm going read while i'm supporting my alumni usc to januaries. >> sorry. >> several weeks ago monica said there was no love loss between president clinton and president obama....
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when george romney ran for governor peterson was assigned the job of managing leonore romney's appearances. she wrote in her memoir that she did not accept the assignment quote with a great deal of joy and she thought her own credentials quote rated more than another shepherding the wife of a candidate. elly peterson lived by my mother's maxim of if you can't say anything nice don't say anything and so by her standards, the statements were expressions of true annoyance. she developed a great deal of respect in a close friendship with leonore romney particularly after mrs. romney welby lancing press corps at a press conference that she pretty much set up for her at the start of the campaign. peterson traveled all over the state with mrs. romney in that 1962 campaign and meg been a teenager can't beat them. local women peterson recalled handle of the details of leonore romney strips raising money by selling everything that was sellable. mitt recalled was a bit of foresight i think, quote was in seventh heaven doing the selling. in her memoir peterson described how george romney's strong reli
when george romney ran for governor peterson was assigned the job of managing leonore romney's appearances. she wrote in her memoir that she did not accept the assignment quote with a great deal of joy and she thought her own credentials quote rated more than another shepherding the wife of a candidate. elly peterson lived by my mother's maxim of if you can't say anything nice don't say anything and so by her standards, the statements were expressions of true annoyance. she developed a great...
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romney ran. he had all alliances, people for him, and he had a strong ground game, more money, hard money and soft money, more super pack money, out spent newt gingrich tremendously with all of the negative ads, and when i say "negative ads," i don't mean nasty, but they were negative. he had everything. about half the votes in now, and you can see what happened there, susan. it's a four-person race, romney gets about almost half the vote with almost 50%. newt gingrich is closer to 30% with rick santorum and ron paul getting about 20% between them, so it's a kind of -- it's the kind of election results where there's not one thing. he really overrealmed the field. >> carl will be with us until the canal dates come out -- candidates come out, and romney and newt gingrich will be at his head quarters at 9 p.m. eastern time, and what can you expect, carl, to hear from newt gingrich tonight? how will he take the double digit likely loss and present it to his followers 1234 >> susan, you know, we've se
romney ran. he had all alliances, people for him, and he had a strong ground game, more money, hard money and soft money, more super pack money, out spent newt gingrich tremendously with all of the negative ads, and when i say "negative ads," i don't mean nasty, but they were negative. he had everything. about half the votes in now, and you can see what happened there, susan. it's a four-person race, romney gets about almost half the vote with almost 50%. newt gingrich is closer to...
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romney: i do. it's interesting the president said something which was on the day after the attack he went to the rose garden and said thisñhr was an act of terror. you said in the rose garden the day after the attack it was an act of terror. it was not a spontaneous demonstration, is that what you are saying? obama: please proceed, governor. romney: i want that for the record because it took the president 14 days before he called the attack in benghazi. >> moderator: he did, in fact, sure -- obama: can you say thatÑi loude, candy? >> moderator: he did call it an act of terror and did as well take two weeks or so for the whole idea of their being a riot out there about this tape to come out. you're correct about that. romney: the administration -- [applause] romny: the administration indicated it was a spoon tape yows reaction and a long time to say it was a terrorist agent -- act by a terrorist group. on sunday, the -- your secretary, the ambassador of the united nations went on the sunday televi
romney: i do. it's interesting the president said something which was on the day after the attack he went to the rose garden and said thisñhr was an act of terror. you said in the rose garden the day after the attack it was an act of terror. it was not a spontaneous demonstration, is that what you are saying? obama: please proceed, governor. romney: i want that for the record because it took the president 14 days before he called the attack in benghazi. >> moderator: he did, in fact,...
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[laughter] and romney has not. the ground game differences are really striking here, and how much difference that makes, you've still got to get voters enthusiastic, and i suspect that the final days that obama's going to be spending as much or more time getting his own voters enthusiastic as he is aiming at those independents. but the early voting has helped. and, henry, there will be early voting in ohio on friday, saturday, sunday. that was what the supreme court allowed. limited hours -- >> [inaudible] >> yeah. yes, yeah. but declined unanimously to review it, and after an appeals court said that the early voting should apply. the hours are limited, but the sunday voting is one that in the past has proved to be extraordinary for particularly african-american voters who go right after church. so there is a path for romney without ohio, but it's a long and winding path. and then finally just one comment on -- as you watch these polls, and that includes the real politics average which is a terrific thing to do, bu
[laughter] and romney has not. the ground game differences are really striking here, and how much difference that makes, you've still got to get voters enthusiastic, and i suspect that the final days that obama's going to be spending as much or more time getting his own voters enthusiastic as he is aiming at those independents. but the early voting has helped. and, henry, there will be early voting in ohio on friday, saturday, sunday. that was what the supreme court allowed. limited hours --...
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everybody keeps saying romney. romney should do this lay out the agenda. i suspected the democrats have been solid in the support of barack obama, i would say, maybe a little less critical at least in public. it i were a democrat who wished him well i thought maybe he should be doing a little more to lie out a positive agenda. i think he's at some risk now of looking like an incumbent who is coast to victory, perhaps by discrediting his 0 font 51% lek rate. it might work. one will be able to discredit the other one. -- two me two weeks ago what would have happened? i would have thought the numbers would be worse for romney. >> okay. up here in the front row. we have a question. there's a microphone coming over to you. give us your name and organization. >> stefanie with the financial times. i'm curious about what you prededucted dynamic the would be between governor romney elected between him and paul ryan and the vice president and dealing with the house and obviously you'd to deal with harry reid he's the majority leader or the minority not having the fi
everybody keeps saying romney. romney should do this lay out the agenda. i suspected the democrats have been solid in the support of barack obama, i would say, maybe a little less critical at least in public. it i were a democrat who wished him well i thought maybe he should be doing a little more to lie out a positive agenda. i think he's at some risk now of looking like an incumbent who is coast to victory, perhaps by discrediting his 0 font 51% lek rate. it might work. one will be able to...
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presidential candidate mitt romney. he appeared on c-span morning program washington journal in january of this year where he took your phone calls, e-mails, and tweets.tu this is about an hour.ec >> and let me introduce you. joining us from boston. he is the co-author along with scott hellman, of a newdu biography of mitt romney.chael along with reporters from then, boston globe, four years ofll reporting into this profile ofap the presidential contender. let me ask you, of the big question about mitt romney, what is it that informs his desireisl for public office?s >> well, i great question, andit in the book we reaeslly try to explain a little h bit about the family history and about his relationship with his father who, of course, was governor of michigan, tried to run for president and drop out before the first primary in new his hampshire when he had problems.o and it is really very easy torei see a straight line there wereot he is trying to fill where hisrw father failed, not just there, o but because the shares,
presidential candidate mitt romney. he appeared on c-span morning program washington journal in january of this year where he took your phone calls, e-mails, and tweets.tu this is about an hour.ec >> and let me introduce you. joining us from boston. he is the co-author along with scott hellman, of a newdu biography of mitt romney.chael along with reporters from then, boston globe, four years ofll reporting into this profile ofap the presidential contender. let me ask you, of the big...
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called "the real romney." allah with reporters from "thei boston globe" have four years of reporting in today's profile of y,e presidential contender.romne michael kranish, let me ask you the most -- i guess the bigearsr ctendion about that romney. what is it that animates or informs his desire for publicyoa office? >> guest: well, suzanne, that for public office?n. >> well, susan, that's a great question. in the book, we try to explain a bit about the family history and about his relationship with his father, george romney, who of course was governor of michigan, tried to run for president and dropped out before the first primary in new hampshire when he had problems. it's really very easy to see straight line there, mitt is trying to fulfill where his father failed, not just to succeed, but because he shares some of the same ambitions. he has a calling for public service as he sees it. he's been thinking about this from an early age, as a teenager, he was following his father around when his father was runni
called "the real romney." allah with reporters from "thei boston globe" have four years of reporting in today's profile of y,e presidential contender.romne michael kranish, let me ask you the most -- i guess the bigearsr ctendion about that romney. what is it that animates or informs his desire for publicyoa office? >> guest: well, suzanne, that for public office?n. >> well, susan, that's a great question. in the book, we try to explain a bit about the family...
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as lenore romney's 1970 campaign is a painful time for peterson while she got lenore romney had many kids come she felt that romney's campaign was doomed from the start and try to convince her not to run. she felt mrs. romulus running only because import now politicians including your house and wanted her to make the race and that would become the nutley clears the the campaign went on. she also did not wonder for them to feel as you -- he had during her own sacrificial camp in six years before. but once lenore was committed, peterson tried to be supportive, taking time off from time in washington to campaign for her. on election night, peterson owned and secular versus invert another note later on. lenore responded with gratitude, it helps to know there's others who give their all because some things needs a terribly much. the political highs and lows that peterson shared with the romney is a decade later all the more painful. the romney's have become opponents of equal rights amendment argued that ratification of the amendment would lead to marriage is in the further disillusionmen
as lenore romney's 1970 campaign is a painful time for peterson while she got lenore romney had many kids come she felt that romney's campaign was doomed from the start and try to convince her not to run. she felt mrs. romulus running only because import now politicians including your house and wanted her to make the race and that would become the nutley clears the the campaign went on. she also did not wonder for them to feel as you -- he had during her own sacrificial camp in six years...
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mitt romney should run again. it took ronald reagan a couple times before he became a great president, and he turned the attitude of the country around. i think mitt romney could do it again. >> host: where would you put yourself ideologically in the gop; moderate, conservative, liberal? where are you on the spectrum? >> caller: i'm a definite conservative republican, and i think we need somebody who has got executive experience who has ran things before, who could turn around this country. my second choice would be my governor, scott walker. scott walker has fixed things in wisconsin. he took a $3.6 billion deficit, now we have a surplus all without raising taxes, and i think governor walker -- can i would hate to lose him as governor, but i think he would make a great second choice. >> host: he's in a tough re-election battle himself, isn't he? one poll had that race dead even. >> guest: the polls that are going on around here are oversampling democrats. scott walker will win the governor's race in november. >>
mitt romney should run again. it took ronald reagan a couple times before he became a great president, and he turned the attitude of the country around. i think mitt romney could do it again. >> host: where would you put yourself ideologically in the gop; moderate, conservative, liberal? where are you on the spectrum? >> caller: i'm a definite conservative republican, and i think we need somebody who has got executive experience who has ran things before, who could turn around this...
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here's how you get to the romney 270. he is going to win florida, and i know you follow the polls, some of you do. it says it neck-and-neck. the head back appoints. in fact of the sophisticated polling to run the is significantly ahead in florida, going to not have to put marco rubio on the ticket. it is a state that is fundamentally a republican state and growing more so as demographic changes continue to increase. the population from the northeast down and to florida. ohio, which is my home state, is pretty easy for me to predict. i go there a lot. going there on thursday for five days. at try and stay in touch, not with political elites in columbus, the the governor is a wonderful governor. i like to talk to, believe it or not, people in ohio, my hometown, uniontown, a democratic town, not an obama town. to they want the industry to continue unimpeded in its spread of wealth and jobs. the first to a new steel plants have opened in the last four years. they produce piping for the fracking industry which president obama
here's how you get to the romney 270. he is going to win florida, and i know you follow the polls, some of you do. it says it neck-and-neck. the head back appoints. in fact of the sophisticated polling to run the is significantly ahead in florida, going to not have to put marco rubio on the ticket. it is a state that is fundamentally a republican state and growing more so as demographic changes continue to increase. the population from the northeast down and to florida. ohio, which is my home...
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romney and his money. that is all right as governor romney himself would say. in america we like to celebrate success, and his success is nothing compared to his partners. three billionaires who operate hedge funds, partnered with romney on a takedown of the treasury in the auto bailout. three guys earned $4.2 billion from the u.s. treasury. you remember that from the debate, right? no one asks, no one is answering that begin today, we got the confirmation from the romney campaign. now, what is this all about? and what does it have to do with the congo? i was reporting for bbc television and the guardian. when i found out that someone had figured out how to dip their hands, their claws into the foreign aid fund, the debt relief given to the republic of congo which is suffering a cholera epidemic. this money was intended to be used, $90 million intended to be used to in the cholera epidemic in the congo and yet it was waylaid by a bird of prey, a vulture, a vulture fund, a guide -- managed by a guy named paul singer. is other middle name is elliott. paul elliott
romney and his money. that is all right as governor romney himself would say. in america we like to celebrate success, and his success is nothing compared to his partners. three billionaires who operate hedge funds, partnered with romney on a takedown of the treasury in the auto bailout. three guys earned $4.2 billion from the u.s. treasury. you remember that from the debate, right? no one asks, no one is answering that begin today, we got the confirmation from the romney campaign. now, what is...
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very romney lake. they celebrate them to do so but this is headed because he said i fought as hard as they could. i left it on the field. that's not what a winning candidate says. >> very interesting. the polls have been told they could be anywhere from 15 minutes to an hour, so we don't know. >> they are still not conceding. they still want to see the results for themselves and ohio. again, people might wonder, why they conceding an everyone's following a? you have you have to remember they are under tremendous pressure for people who've invested their money from these millionaires and billionaires to put tons of money to elect this president and fundraisers, working the phone tirelessly. they don't i give up. they don't want to be seen as giving up. but romney -- you cannot commence a bad candidate and we will. i think will be extremely harsh and dissect being the campaign he ran because he did not run a good presidential campaign. but the one thing true about my family from every person who's come i
very romney lake. they celebrate them to do so but this is headed because he said i fought as hard as they could. i left it on the field. that's not what a winning candidate says. >> very interesting. the polls have been told they could be anywhere from 15 minutes to an hour, so we don't know. >> they are still not conceding. they still want to see the results for themselves and ohio. again, people might wonder, why they conceding an everyone's following a? you have you have to...
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this is one of mitt romney's grandsons. as they pull out you can see he is shaking hands and talking with president obama. next call, comes from cleveland ohio. good morning. what did you think of last night's debate? >> caller: i thought the debate was interesting last night. but what i would like for people to understand that the role, i know there are people who are voting for mitt romney because they feel like his business experience is valuable but the role of business is not to number of employees, increase profit. profit is the role of business, not employees. the goal is to reduce employees and keep wages low. that experience that he brings is not going to be useful in terms of growing jobs. and also the government's role, you know, always talking about how the, you know, government does not create jobs. i would like to know why he is vying for a government job? i mean the presidency is part of the government. so that is oxymoron in itself. >> host: so, how closely have you been following this campaign? living in oh
this is one of mitt romney's grandsons. as they pull out you can see he is shaking hands and talking with president obama. next call, comes from cleveland ohio. good morning. what did you think of last night's debate? >> caller: i thought the debate was interesting last night. but what i would like for people to understand that the role, i know there are people who are voting for mitt romney because they feel like his business experience is valuable but the role of business is not to...
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romney is caught on tape. so why should you care? that means we track the same people over one year and what we saw happen!y is people who supported mitt romney early would move to be undecided. very few people ever do that. and tell the first debate mitt romney hits at home run. then those two were undecided came back. then the story that you heard is the grounds will support. just that little part of the electorate that was the most brilliant campaign movie ever made screw up early then bring everybody back home. but is the incredible example of how something looks like a game changer but it is not. bin kneale does not move very much ever. people do but they cancel each other out they're not moving in the same direction. so there wasn't one moment to move everyone in one direction or another. >> host: why did barack obama win in 2012? >> providing over the slower growing economy things are set up for his advantage. but not dash. >> host: is and always the economy, stupid? >> not always. but it does have a fundamental role but with
romney is caught on tape. so why should you care? that means we track the same people over one year and what we saw happen!y is people who supported mitt romney early would move to be undecided. very few people ever do that. and tell the first debate mitt romney hits at home run. then those two were undecided came back. then the story that you heard is the grounds will support. just that little part of the electorate that was the most brilliant campaign movie ever made screw up early then bring...
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mitt romney said. the supreme court said. >> my question is, i'm interested in big international corporations that are maybe station in the trendy. has there ever been international corporations have funded these particular super pacs and has there been like pro-nation, like has certain countries been fighting for a particular candidate like say, separate nation have a put to them shall -- particular interest for particular candidates to be elected in the u.s.? >> [inaudible] >> first i don't know that corporations would agree -- [inaudible] if you're looking super pac since a corporate entities there some money going into them but i don't know if there's much as you think. so i don't know the case that since you have quite the degree of a lot of people would think. [inaudible] the second thing is we don't take money from foreign entities. very, very play in the stated all over literature. >> no money from foreign nationals. spent question right over here. >> i just had a quick question that we're talk
mitt romney said. the supreme court said. >> my question is, i'm interested in big international corporations that are maybe station in the trendy. has there ever been international corporations have funded these particular super pacs and has there been like pro-nation, like has certain countries been fighting for a particular candidate like say, separate nation have a put to them shall -- particular interest for particular candidates to be elected in the u.s.? >> [inaudible]...
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not much going on there for romney. wisconsin is a state where if you're going to crack the midwest code, given what was happening with ohio, they thought perhaps they could do it in wisconsin. the problem is twofold for them. one is if you look at the level of demographic change that's taking place in wisconsin, it's quite startling according to these current data. a three-point increase in a share of minority eligible voters. a seven-point decline among white noncollege voters, eligible voters. these are huge changes and odyssey they do exactly against within inches of the romney team in wisconsin. so maybe they thought if they nominate paul ryan they would be able to take advantage what they believe to be this massive culturally conservative white working-class voters in the state but again it doesn't seem to be happening. they are making some progress, some progress among current nine but it's not anywhere close to what's needed to take the state. so they're not able to sort of master the state in the face of this d
not much going on there for romney. wisconsin is a state where if you're going to crack the midwest code, given what was happening with ohio, they thought perhaps they could do it in wisconsin. the problem is twofold for them. one is if you look at the level of demographic change that's taking place in wisconsin, it's quite startling according to these current data. a three-point increase in a share of minority eligible voters. a seven-point decline among white noncollege voters, eligible...
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the effect that we think he got advantage over romney. the extra votes were smaller than the margin, the overall margin in most faiths. maybe not in all states, but in most states. and not in enough states for it to affect the electoral college. >> host: could make romney had increases elaboration toe with the election? >> guest: we don't think that's possible. we think that the romney campaign actually made a lot of great strategic decisions and invested a lot of money in late advertising. if they were going to make up any of the advantage that barack obama had from just being the incumbent president, having a fully grown economy was worth a little bit. he was going to make it up in those last couple of weeks by just being on the air everywhere. and they really did that. they could not have purchased enough advertising to close at initial gap, that benefit that obama had from being the incumbent in a growing economy. >> host: you have some mathematical analysis in here, but then you conclude by saying that if they had run the hands the d
the effect that we think he got advantage over romney. the extra votes were smaller than the margin, the overall margin in most faiths. maybe not in all states, but in most states. and not in enough states for it to affect the electoral college. >> host: could make romney had increases elaboration toe with the election? >> guest: we don't think that's possible. we think that the romney campaign actually made a lot of great strategic decisions and invested a lot of money in late...
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romney has led in seven of these and tied into. is currently tight in the most at which basically mirrors the national polls. so given the trend across polls, our interpretation is romney might have a slight edge, at this point in the election. because and decided may break his way, given the trend over time. that romney may be leading among likely voters with the president continues to lead among registered catholic voters. so saying it is all about turnout is really about turnout of specific groups. so the president's biggest problem is with catholics turning out among, hispanic catholics and young catholics. this is from the last election in 2008 from the national election study. you can see there was even a high turnout election for both of these groups, and they turned out well below the average of seven percentage points below what the overall turnout was. you can see catholics overall in general have higher turnout. and the overall electorate. if you look at catholics who are non-hispanic and age 30 or overcome you have sign
romney has led in seven of these and tied into. is currently tight in the most at which basically mirrors the national polls. so given the trend across polls, our interpretation is romney might have a slight edge, at this point in the election. because and decided may break his way, given the trend over time. that romney may be leading among likely voters with the president continues to lead among registered catholic voters. so saying it is all about turnout is really about turnout of specific...
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how do you see mitt romney coming across? >> can mitt romney identify with the common person? i spent a lot of time with him in 2006-2007 and found him to be eminently approachable and ordinary even though he was rich and and is rich now. i do not believe people know that he started out in life -- george romney started with nothing. penniless. driving across the country. never went to college. grew up in the automobile industry and took over the automobile industry and took over american motors and made himself good money but not enormous money for those years and became governor of michigan. left his son of a good legacy of education and mitt romney turned it into an extraordinary fortune. they lived on a budget when they were young and what most appealing about him is the five boys. i have met three and mrs. romney who i met and ordinary american family. imagine five boys running around age of 6 and that makes you very ordinary. he didn't kill any of them. that is a start and that will come across and all these efforts to bring up the money and house and all that stuff i don
how do you see mitt romney coming across? >> can mitt romney identify with the common person? i spent a lot of time with him in 2006-2007 and found him to be eminently approachable and ordinary even though he was rich and and is rich now. i do not believe people know that he started out in life -- george romney started with nothing. penniless. driving across the country. never went to college. grew up in the automobile industry and took over the automobile industry and took over american...
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romney said, with all these fat cats, romney told them how he really felt. how he really felt is that 47% of americans don't matter. so, i am going to bring to the stage in just a minute president bill clinton. [cheers and applause] the history books are already saying one of the presidents this country has ever had. a man i can vouch for this is watch where the disloyalty. i so admire him. one of the great honors of my life is to be able to stand by his side as i did for eight years, working with him to make america great. and what we are working on now with president obama is to return america to the series, where we are economically viable, socially viable and progress is being made. we are not where we need to be. but with your help, president obama will carry that ball back to where it was before bush took office. [applause] in addition to calling the president appear in just a minute, i'm going to call shelley berkley. shelley berkley i need. the united states senate needs shelley berkley. [cheers and applause] the united states of america needs shelle
romney said, with all these fat cats, romney told them how he really felt. how he really felt is that 47% of americans don't matter. so, i am going to bring to the stage in just a minute president bill clinton. [cheers and applause] the history books are already saying one of the presidents this country has ever had. a man i can vouch for this is watch where the disloyalty. i so admire him. one of the great honors of my life is to be able to stand by his side as i did for eight years, working...
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and romney has not. the ground game differences are really striking here, and how much difference that makes them just to go to get voters enthusiastic and i suspect the final days that obama's going to be spending as much or more time getting his own voters enthusiastic as he is aiming at those independence. but the early voting has helped. and recover will be early voting in ohio friday, saturday, sunday. that's what the supreme court allowed big limited hours. but declined unanimously to review it. and after an appeals court said that the early voting should apply. the hours are limited but sunday voting is one that in the past has proved to be extraordinary for particularly african-american voters to go right after church. so there is a path for romney without ohio, but it's a long and winding path and then finally just one comment, as you watch these polls, it includes the real politics average which is a terrific thing to do, one of the things were seen in these final days is that in all these swin
and romney has not. the ground game differences are really striking here, and how much difference that makes them just to go to get voters enthusiastic and i suspect the final days that obama's going to be spending as much or more time getting his own voters enthusiastic as he is aiming at those independence. but the early voting has helped. and recover will be early voting in ohio friday, saturday, sunday. that's what the supreme court allowed big limited hours. but declined unanimously to...
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romney as an extremist. and to make him own everyone of the positions he took on his way to securing the nomination. he vowed to get rid of planned parenthood funding for planned parenthood. he's taken some some pretty far right positions on immigration in order to get to the right of appraiser rick perry. that is the tension going open. you can see it playing out day to day-to-day. president obama has demographics on his side. big gender gap. 90 plus support from the african-american community, strong support from the hispanics, and two to one edge with young people. the wild card is how many will get out and vote. the economy, as if the next six months are like the last two months, weak, obama is facing a big challenge. one thing i learned researching this book is that george w. bush was the first president to be reelected with an approval rating under 60% under harry trueman. polls that came out today have the president at 48%. he hasn't cracked 50 and staid there for any eleventh of time in quite awhile.
romney as an extremist. and to make him own everyone of the positions he took on his way to securing the nomination. he vowed to get rid of planned parenthood funding for planned parenthood. he's taken some some pretty far right positions on immigration in order to get to the right of appraiser rick perry. that is the tension going open. you can see it playing out day to day-to-day. president obama has demographics on his side. big gender gap. 90 plus support from the african-american...
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from mitt romney. [applause] it says i throw a good curveball. >> we have some questions on the screens in front of us that you have twitter theed in. we will go from there. >> what is the most sought-after demographic group this election. terribly inappropriate if the line from blazing saddles which i won't repeat the whole line. whites and independent women are the key in this election. both campaigns fighting like crazy for them. that is the most important democratic group. if a northern virginia and ohio and suburban philadelphia and markets across the country. >> that is where the election will come down to and those people a feeling cross pressured very much on one hand, feeling tough times from the economic front. on the other hand they look at the social and cultural policies of the republicans and brings them back toward the democratic side. they care about education, environmental issues. that is where democrats have a way in to them. it remains a very tough subgroup. >> if you take a look pu
from mitt romney. [applause] it says i throw a good curveball. >> we have some questions on the screens in front of us that you have twitter theed in. we will go from there. >> what is the most sought-after demographic group this election. terribly inappropriate if the line from blazing saddles which i won't repeat the whole line. whites and independent women are the key in this election. both campaigns fighting like crazy for them. that is the most important democratic group. if a...
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romney as an extremist. and to make him alone at the position he took to securing the nomination. he vowed to get rid of planned parenthood, funding for planned parenthood. he has taken some pretty far right positions on immigration in order to get to the right of rick perry during the primaries. so i think that is attention -- the tension going on. you can see it play out day-to-day in the political rhetoric. president obama has demographics on his side. big gender gap, 90 plus support from the african-american community, strong support from hispanics, and to to one edge with young people. the wildcard is how many will get out and vote. the economy, the next six months are like the last two months. obama is facing a challenge. one thing i learned researching this book is that george w. bush was the first president to be reelected with an approval rating under 50% since harry truman. polls today, came out today, have the president at 48%. hasn't really cracked 50 and stay there for any length of time in quit
romney as an extremist. and to make him alone at the position he took to securing the nomination. he vowed to get rid of planned parenthood, funding for planned parenthood. he has taken some pretty far right positions on immigration in order to get to the right of rick perry during the primaries. so i think that is attention -- the tension going on. you can see it play out day-to-day in the political rhetoric. president obama has demographics on his side. big gender gap, 90 plus support from...
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>> i will start with the romney's. just like mitt romney wanted to do everything his dad did his son tag want to do everything that his dad met did. all five of his boys went to byu because he and his mom went to byu. tag lived in the same apartment that they stated when they were at byu. he got the same degrees. he works in the same business as venture capitalist. he wants to follow him into politics. the hard part is that running as a romney massachusetts is a rough go right now. his dad won the governorship but wasn't popular at the end. the presidential race didn't help that in that state so tagg doesn't really have a great place to run yet. in utah there is josh romney one of his other sons who wants to be involved in politics and right now josh romney runs his own real estate company buddies getting involved in issues like the homeless shelter in salt lake city. he backed the congressional candidates who won the state. he's often talked about as a candidate. the problem is the romney family as an ethos that you h
>> i will start with the romney's. just like mitt romney wanted to do everything his dad did his son tag want to do everything that his dad met did. all five of his boys went to byu because he and his mom went to byu. tag lived in the same apartment that they stated when they were at byu. he got the same degrees. he works in the same business as venture capitalist. he wants to follow him into politics. the hard part is that running as a romney massachusetts is a rough go right now. his...
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mitt romney. not just about him but he will set the stage for our discussion of the role religion plays in politics today and this question of whether or not mitt romney's mormonism has and will present the same obstacle john f. kennedy's catholicism caused him to face in 1960. before i get into the discussion and a comparison between mitt romney and kennedy and what we can learn from these examples i want to set the stage for the overall state of religion in america and more specifically what we might think of as the state of religious tolerance in america. i will talk for a few minutes about some findings from the book mentioned in the introduction that was given that i recently published with robert putnam and title of american racing. of religion divide that unites us. this is the paperback edition which is just out today. this is not about mormons or catholics. it is about religion in general. it covers a lot of questions and themes about religion in american society but it primarily answers
mitt romney. not just about him but he will set the stage for our discussion of the role religion plays in politics today and this question of whether or not mitt romney's mormonism has and will present the same obstacle john f. kennedy's catholicism caused him to face in 1960. before i get into the discussion and a comparison between mitt romney and kennedy and what we can learn from these examples i want to set the stage for the overall state of religion in america and more specifically what...
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romney and tad romney the older son of romney went to his father and said you have to change things. >> for a long time the family had wanted to take the charlie cook approach and chris wallace alluded to the fact that the stuart stevens theory, the street -- chief strategist. the campaign was all you all you have been was not obama in that turned out to the wrong. we can see in all the different channels that no, you have to be yourself in addition to being not obama. >> let me explain who stuart stevens is because you lead real lives and you shouldn't have to know. stuart stevens is a republican strategist from mississippi, very interesting guy who one time was a hollywood writer and use to write for northern exposure and has written a number of books on the three-star restaurants through europe so immediately hear all them like them. he also took steroids at one point to see the effect it would have on his abilities to do extreme sports and the last 100 miles to the north pole during cycling and it was a very interesting guy. but clearly was first among equals in the romney campai
romney and tad romney the older son of romney went to his father and said you have to change things. >> for a long time the family had wanted to take the charlie cook approach and chris wallace alluded to the fact that the stuart stevens theory, the street -- chief strategist. the campaign was all you all you have been was not obama in that turned out to the wrong. we can see in all the different channels that no, you have to be yourself in addition to being not obama. >> let me...
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romney. now you were seeing the reverse. now you are seeing all these moving to the top. >> i thought beforehand, i was somewhat a greater chance the romney could win. wind. simply because there was a serious state polls just before the debate and they show that it was closing. after romney had a bet of september as you could have which kind of confirms my belief that there is a lid on obama ceiling, that because of the poor economic record there is a limit to how bloated and committed to obama people are and now i would say, still agree with my colleagues that i think obama is the favorite that i think it's more like 55-45 and i think it's very clear, still somewhat difficult but a much clearer path to romney winning the presidency. >> let's talk about the debate for a moment. based on your comments and sources what went wrong or the -- what went wrong for the president and how did romney become the super debater? we hadn't seen romney in the prior few months or so in terms of being assertiv
romney. now you were seeing the reverse. now you are seeing all these moving to the top. >> i thought beforehand, i was somewhat a greater chance the romney could win. wind. simply because there was a serious state polls just before the debate and they show that it was closing. after romney had a bet of september as you could have which kind of confirms my belief that there is a lid on obama ceiling, that because of the poor economic record there is a limit to how bloated and committed to...
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[applause] >> i heard that mitt romney made a fairly long speech. and honestly i will address it quickly because it's irrelevant. look meant is a failed cabinet. he failed horribly. he failed badly. that was a race i have to say folks that should have been one. that was a raise that absolutely should have been won. i don't know what happened to him. he disappeared. he disappeared and i wasn't happy about it i'll be honest because i am not a fan of barack obama and that was a raise. i backed mitt romney. i backed him. you see how loyal he is. he was begging for my endorsement. i could have said job to your knees and he would have dropped to his knees. he was begging. >> and "washington post".com this is that i met ron is the human embodiment of the republican party's trump terrors. joining us from new york is philip him political reporter for the post. thank you for being with us. >> guest: of course my pleasure. >> host: your article emphasizes there's much more to mitt romney's speech than criticizing donald trump. how so? >> guest: i think it's im
[applause] >> i heard that mitt romney made a fairly long speech. and honestly i will address it quickly because it's irrelevant. look meant is a failed cabinet. he failed horribly. he failed badly. that was a race i have to say folks that should have been one. that was a raise that absolutely should have been won. i don't know what happened to him. he disappeared. he disappeared and i wasn't happy about it i'll be honest because i am not a fan of barack obama and that was a raise. i...
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bigger for governor romney. his aspirations are less realistic but both looking at defense plans that need to be rethought in some ways with innovation and defense problems. sometimes it will be old fashioned issues and in other cases it may mean new innovative ways of operating military forces. one of my favorite examples is we may have to find a way to make do with them being smaller and one way to do that is this idea of having crews fly from the united states to overseas operating theatres to replace each other to policy called crew swap. and navy's think tank has an idea -- hard to do in fairness to the navy. in fairness to the navy that is the kind of ideas that needs to be expanded because we need more innovative ways of using limited resources we already have. >> going forward regardless who is president the administration may change but the matter remains the same. there are hard fiscal issues to deal with and in defense it will force a hard strategic choice of. i look forward to getting past the electi
bigger for governor romney. his aspirations are less realistic but both looking at defense plans that need to be rethought in some ways with innovation and defense problems. sometimes it will be old fashioned issues and in other cases it may mean new innovative ways of operating military forces. one of my favorite examples is we may have to find a way to make do with them being smaller and one way to do that is this idea of having crews fly from the united states to overseas operating theatres...
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mitt romney will ask that question. he already has. barack obama will try to persuade the american people since this is a referendum on his first term that we are better off than we were when he came to office. >> it depends on the state of the economy. maybe you could talk to the global economic issues and european issues on more traditional foreign policy issues. i don't think they will be given a choice. the iranian situation will resolve itself or will not resolve itself. either way it will be the dominant foreign policy issue in the first year in 2013 under any circumstance where i think people will look to opportunities if they want to define those. where the opportunity lies is in the tightening up of the alliance with india, turkey and australia and forging new cooperation with those factors and are suspect either party would look to opportunities. >> i am with strobe on this. before looking abroad and being effective abroad, fixing the fiscal and fixing growth is the essential. we will have to think about how to do that. >> th
mitt romney will ask that question. he already has. barack obama will try to persuade the american people since this is a referendum on his first term that we are better off than we were when he came to office. >> it depends on the state of the economy. maybe you could talk to the global economic issues and european issues on more traditional foreign policy issues. i don't think they will be given a choice. the iranian situation will resolve itself or will not resolve itself. either way...
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what about mitt romney? should be pointed out obama had not destroyed the economy to the full level? or something else entirely? and it should they return the incumbent president to the white house that only brought slow growth? that is why they took their chances on the challenger. then the obvious campbell trying to enter the conversation. >>host: ended mitt romney ever have a chance of winning? to an absolutely. yes. he had a chance. but it would be hard always. >>host: we heard a lot about barack obama afield a strategy field officers get out the vote. >>guest: we cover that. we went and down loaded the objectives of the field offices before the campaign and did that we knew where they said they had local field staff for by went and visited some in ohio. week addison's of the operations of both candidates field offices. here is the important take the way. to well-financed high leave professional capable candidates come a lot of what they do will cancel out and we see that over and over not only field ope
what about mitt romney? should be pointed out obama had not destroyed the economy to the full level? or something else entirely? and it should they return the incumbent president to the white house that only brought slow growth? that is why they took their chances on the challenger. then the obvious campbell trying to enter the conversation. >>host: ended mitt romney ever have a chance of winning? to an absolutely. yes. he had a chance. but it would be hard always. >>host: we heard...
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romney has criticized the plan. setting the date of 2014 and the fact that we are already starting to draw down forces in afghanistan today. that implies that romney would slow the drawdown. in specifics about what he would do. of course, the obama campaign to mention that romney did not mention afghanistan at all during his convention speech. that highlights is not a major area of disagreement. not one that they want to highlight. there are also external factors at play here. but neither candidate can control. i would divide these into two camps. there are physical factors that are external and they cannot control them on their own. it depends a lot on the economy and what is happening in the economy over the next months and years. it depends on what happens to tax rates. things like social security social security spending, medicare, medicaid, health care reform. it depends what congress does on these big issues. if tax cuts get expanded, that puts more pressure on the defense budget. if the economy grows more slo
romney has criticized the plan. setting the date of 2014 and the fact that we are already starting to draw down forces in afghanistan today. that implies that romney would slow the drawdown. in specifics about what he would do. of course, the obama campaign to mention that romney did not mention afghanistan at all during his convention speech. that highlights is not a major area of disagreement. not one that they want to highlight. there are also external factors at play here. but neither...
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[laughter] president romney romney said smiling broadly, i am french. i am facts the president of france. congratulations president romney said. [laughter] lipstick contains a substance made from fish scales. [laughter] before Åland could reply, and before you could think of anything to say in the subject of lipstick manufacturing, they were approached by angela merkel of germany who looked eager to greet in newest member the g8. president romney appeared at her briefly and then said, your aunt? [laughter] your mother or quarks? >> this is angela merkel, chancellor of the federal republic of germany. chancellor merkel looked taken aback. when she regained her composure, she said to romney, i know you'll have much to add a debt crisis of the euro zone, mr. president. present from a letter the german chancellor up-and-down. i'd say you go about 140 kimber take five pounds. [laughter] am i in the ballpark? [laughter] chancellor merkel, hoping she might misunderstand the president said i believe -- excuse me, i believe the future of the euro will dominate
[laughter] president romney romney said smiling broadly, i am french. i am facts the president of france. congratulations president romney said. [laughter] lipstick contains a substance made from fish scales. [laughter] before Åland could reply, and before you could think of anything to say in the subject of lipstick manufacturing, they were approached by angela merkel of germany who looked eager to greet in newest member the g8. president romney appeared at her briefly and then said, your...
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are you a french-canadian origin president romney said. no, i am not the prime minister replied, but i am canadian. the states out of michigan is the petoskey said the president had. been funding a gentleman standing a few feet away, he asked are you a? now, and david cameron, prime minister of the united kingdom. president romney with the camera and then i harper should brothers, he said? cousins? uncle and aunt? know, came inside. at that point the group was joined by prime minister yoshiko noto of japan. he and president romney were introduced. what are you a 55 or 60 depressed and asked? in a close? and 56 years of age the japanese prime minister said that it formally. yoshiko sans french-canadian. [laughter] i don't suppose you're a french-canadian origin? now i am not the prime minister said. congratulations the prime minister replied. saul rogovin of the detroit tigers hit a grand slam home run in 1850 and it wasn't until 2008 that another jewish pitcher hit a grand slam home run. congratulations chance player marcoux said. yes, the
are you a french-canadian origin president romney said. no, i am not the prime minister replied, but i am canadian. the states out of michigan is the petoskey said the president had. been funding a gentleman standing a few feet away, he asked are you a? now, and david cameron, prime minister of the united kingdom. president romney with the camera and then i harper should brothers, he said? cousins? uncle and aunt? know, came inside. at that point the group was joined by prime minister yoshiko...
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on romney. remember, they did one in arizona and went somewhere else. can the president get reelected. lee by saying my trying to disqualify this opponent? >> trying to disqualify george bush's record and he never put forward by they should vote for him. first off, john kerry and the "wizard of oz." last back were in florida. it was in a statement he was going to run in 2008, when the kid comes up in his yelling and screaming and the police, and the kid yells out, don't teaser me, bro. the kid goes straight down. first person ever electrified from a john kerry speech. [laughter] [applause] it is not enough to tell people what you are against. you have to explain to them what you are for. the key in this obama thing i'm starting two years to ask whether he deserves four more years is actually the wrong question. to ask what there is record the ears is a better question. for years seems like such a short amount of. based on nicer survey shows the philly with jobs, fill it with the economy, sailor
on romney. remember, they did one in arizona and went somewhere else. can the president get reelected. lee by saying my trying to disqualify this opponent? >> trying to disqualify george bush's record and he never put forward by they should vote for him. first off, john kerry and the "wizard of oz." last back were in florida. it was in a statement he was going to run in 2008, when the kid comes up in his yelling and screaming and the police, and the kid yells out, don't teaser...